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The Timeless Relevance of

Traditional Wisdom
M. Ali Lakhani
om Foreword by Reza Shah-Kazemi

Introduction by William Stoddart
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Index 29
Dedication and Acknowledgments
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What is “Tradition”?1
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An Introduction to Sacred Web1
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a re e
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The Importance of Spiritual Literacy1
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e mportan e o pirit al itera
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Pluralism and the Metaphysics of Morality1
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at ir t or
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Of Detachment and Spiritual Courtesy1
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rit o on
am ara irvana.
ara a
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eta ment an pirit al Co rte
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Consecrated to the Sublime1
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“Fundamentalism”: A Metaphysical Perspective1
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Reclaiming the Center1
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e e o ein ar.
i a
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a i .
a i a a a .
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itra
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a i
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Understanding “Tradition”1
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n er tan ing ra ition
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On Faith and Intellect1
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erman ermon
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e re
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ar ani
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t eo oro t e reat eti .
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1 a re e 1
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n ait an ntelle t
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ang
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in ang
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oran .
at navi
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alet eia
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anamne i
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ar.
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ali a .
ponti e
oran
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Umberto Eco, Fascism and Tradition1
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e ri mp o t e ill
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ao e C ing
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Towards a Traditional Understanding of Sexuality1
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rit o on
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liot
aramatma ra ma irg na
1 a re e 12
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o ar a ra itional n er tan ing o e alit
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p r a ang
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On Translation1
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pirit al t orit an emporal o er
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n ran lation
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The Principle of Verticality1
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irvana
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oran . 22
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Revelation .1
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The Quest for Moral Certainty1
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On Cultivating Awareness1
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What is Normal?1
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era lit
orr ptio optimi pe ima.

it r ar t
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. o nt in omine
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itra
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The Problem of Evil1
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e ro lem o vil
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oran 2 2 .
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ana i la
a a i la .
oran 9.
t g tine .
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nan a Coomara am .
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oran 5 2
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metanoia
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The Secular and the Sacred1
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age in om
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it r ar t
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rit o on
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e e lar an t e a re
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ire
ligare
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ientia a ra
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e e lar an t e a re
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“Standing Unshakably in the True”:
19 199 1
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orl eel ir Colle tion
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orl eel i t Colle tion
religio perenni
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tan ing n a a l in t e r e
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“A Single Principle”: On Faith and Pluralism1
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oran man .2
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ingle rin iple n ait an l rali m
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op in .
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Striving for “Wholeness” in the Kali Yuga1
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t a il
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e tare
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oe r
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art .
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triving or olene in t e ali ga
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The Secularization of Faith in the Modern World1
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alm
i t an o o or t i mo t ama ing
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Of “Longing” and “Belonging”1
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Part Two:
Papers on Metaphysics
Excerpt from “The Metaphysics of Human
Governance: Imam ‘Ali, Truth and Justice”1
Implications for Modernity of the
Teachings on Truth and Justice of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib2
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The Metaphysics of Poetic Expression
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Ro ert ro ning in a letter to R in
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Section One: Traditional Metaphysics—

A Phenomenological Approach
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o nan a Coomara am . . .
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. ar e en e o t e erennial ilo op
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inging t e a n ig t in oetr an pirit al ran ormation
2 5 .1 .
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19 2 .29.
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2 e o an t e re 19 .9 .
rat ara 2 22 22 .
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5 poei i
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1 a in Criti i m 1 .
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2 .15 15 .
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the Eye of the Heart
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9 iograp ia iteraria .
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19 .
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91 ter rop e magination n arnation an t e nit o t e

rop eti ra ition e t re or t e emeno a em
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92 g rie o nno en e.
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Section Five: Poetic Expression—Saying the Unsayable
11 la e an t e e ge 19 9 .19.
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n arnation an t e nit o t e rop eti ra ition e t re or t e emeno a
em 2 .22.
1 . . e earing in ngli oetr 19 2 19 .19.
1 5 21 1 1
en a man i apa le o e
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or rat er o literate all on i eration.

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1 5 ter rop e magination n arnation an t e nit o t e

rop eti ra ition e t re or t e emeno a em
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“Neither of the East nor of the West”:
Universality in Islam
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Education in the Light of Tradition:
A Metaphysical Perspective
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C arle e ai aton1
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Corint ian v 2
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1 Remem ering o Re e tion on lam

2 .2 .
2 .
e ilo alia . . .
1995 . .
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ria
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. i it or o rt t ie in Compara
tive Religion 19 1 .1 1 2.
ation in t e ig t o ra ition etap i al er pe tive
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Part Three:
Book Reviews
Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul:
The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology in the Modern World
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2
1 2.
a li
na li
itra .
1 e at o ove 19
2 e at o no le ge 19 9 maginal orl
199 e el i lo re o o 199
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Revie o ien e o t e Co mo ien e o t e o l
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Conversations with Wendell Berry
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The World Turned Inside Out: Henry Corbin and Islamic
Mysticism
. 2
Green Man, Earth Angel: The Prophetic Tradition and the Battle
for the Soul of the World
2 5
After Prophecy: Imagination, Incarnation, and the Unity of the

Prophetic Tradition (Lectures for the Temenos Academy)
19 19 .
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Revie o t e enr Cor in rilog om C eet am
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Biographical Notes
M. Ali lAkhAni 1955.
19 9.
199 a re e
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2 1
2 2.
e a re
o n ation o ti e in lam e ea ing o li i n i ali
2 .
RezA ShAh-kAzeMi
lami
orl Report. at
to ran en en e or ing to an ara n ra i an ei ter
art e t er in t e ig t o t e ne e niver alit o t e
r an an nter ait ialog e ti e an Remem ran e
ntro ing t e pirit alit o mam li. Common
ro n et een lam an im
. . . . .
. op ia
a re e
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WilliAM StoddARt
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t ie in Comparative Religion.
. im
e ti al o trine an et o o lam tline o in i m
tline o i m nvin i le i om otation rom t e
ript re aint an age o ll ime an la e at o
t e Religion a o t a t er
Remem ering in a orl o
orgetting o g t on ra ition an o tmo erni m 2 .
Index
1 1 5 2 5 19 2 212 222 22 22 2 9
9 11 1 2 29 5 251 2 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 9
52 9 2 5 1 11 1 9 1
111 12 121 12 1 1 1 9 2
1 1 91 1 9 1 1 251 255 agava ita 1 11
25 2 192
a a 2 2 2 2 2 1
1 11 1 1 1 1 2 212 21
1 1 9 21 219 225 22
1 5 111 121 1 9 2 9
1 1 1 19
anamne i 5 1 9 251 21
1 2 1 2 91 25
55 9 1 1 5 5 11
2 5 2 5
5 92 1 11 125 1 1 2
1 9 1 2
221 1 12 2
19 5 91 1
a e i 121 25 2 29 29 2 2 9 9 51 1 9
115 1 195 2 22 9 1 91 9 9 9
2 2 29 1 1 1 9 11 11 115 11
122 1 191 21 12 1 1 9 15 15 1 1 2
2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 2 2 9 21
a at 9 2 2 215 225 22 2 2 2 2
2 25 25 2
2 2 21 221 21 22 2
225 2 2 2 2 292 29
2 . 1 5
ar a 19 225 2 2 2 9 252 2 2 9 2 9
atin 1 22 5
1 1 55 9 2 2
5 1 1 1 2 152 1 9 211
1 1 1 19 195 2 212 215 21
21 22 2 1 2 9 2 2 1 2 .
2 5 251 52 1 12 1 1 2
9 1 11 1 5 1 11
1 1 2 155 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 212 2 29
. . 15
gno i 1 1 2 9 2 9
112 1 52
12 1 11 12 1 22
255 2
arma 9
i r 11 1 1 1 9 19 2 1 a it i 1 2 5 9 5
22 2 2 2 2 91 92 119 121 1 2
in al tra 2 5 2 2 2 2 9 2 9 2 1
2 5 19 2 2 9 21
11 2 1 22
1 2 2
112 11 ia 1 9 2 1
1 1 122 12 2 5 9
1 1 1 1 2 1 9 151 1 11
2 2 229 2 5
12 1
29
2 1 2 2 29 1 1 9 2 2 219 25
2 2 22
1 2 252 25
255 25 25 2 2 2 11 2 2 9
. . 1 2 19 21 211 2 2 2 2 5
22 i an 2 1 1 2 2 2 5
1 9 199 291 292 29
2 212 21 22 222 5 11 11 222
1 1 12 22 255 2 2 2 2 2 291
15 292
159 iman 5 2 2 2 5
t e ra itionnelle 15 1 2 2 5 5
9 5 59 9 95 1 2 191
211 222 22 22 2 5 2
11 12 5 5 1 5 1 1 1 25 2 1
1 51 15 15 2 2 25 1 12 1 2 5
ana 1 1 2 2 9 5 2 9 92 9 1
2 1 1 9 11 12 12 1 5 1
tra 5 1 111 1 2 1 2 155 15 1 1 1 2 1 5 19
2 1 2 2 5 2 19 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 211
12 2 212 229 2 25 25 2 2
1 55 11 12 129 1 2 2
1 1 22 2 2 2 25 2 5 5 5 1 11 12 1
n e
1 1 9 1 2 21 2 1 2 5
2 2 2 2 2 2 9 2 1 at navi 5 252
1 2 a a 15 2 1 1 9 119
22 25 2 2 1 2 22 2 29 5
i a 9 5 9 1 1 1 1 1 9
5 2 2 1 19 19 2 2
2 2 2 9 5 5 59 9 9
9 9 51 59 1 1 1 12 1 152 15 159 1
1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 9 2 2 9
21 219 22 221
ali ga 1 9
a al ma 1 21 9 22 2 2 5
22 1 95 9 1 9 12 12 1
1 2 2 21 15 155 15 1 2 1 1 1 9
22 22 195 19 22 2 2 251 25
11 1 5 25 2 2 1 2 291
1 5 1 1 9 5 55
1 1 11 12 1 9 22
5 5 5 91 5 1 2 21 2
9 121 12 1 15 1 1 1 5 115 15
1 5 1 9 19 199 2 21 1 1 251 2 2 2 2
2 22 2 2 5 251 2 1 291 292
12 1 21 2
. . 2 5 22 2 9 9 1 5 1 11
1 9 2 122 1
125 1 9 19
1 91 1 2 92 1
215 21 191 2 9 2 292
logo 9 1 19 195 19 2
2 5 225 5 5
11 1 1 21 22 5 52 5 5 5 125 1 1
5 59 2 1 5 92 1 9 19 22 2 9
9 99 1 2 1 121 122 1 2 1 2 1 2
1 5 1 1 2 1 151 15 1 irvana 2
1 2 1 2 21 2 2 2
25 25 25 2 1 2 2 2 22
2 2 29 29
1 9 219
2 195 19 2 1
2 1 9 2 9
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Sacred Web: a Journal of TradiTion
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More than ever, there is an urgent need to rediscover timeless and
objective principles in order to confront the issues of our times. In
this collection of remarkable essays, Lakhani summons us to redis-
cover the sacred worldview of Tradition, governed by truth, virtue,
and beauty, as he addresses some of the most pressing issues today,
including fundamentalism, gender and sexuality, religious diversity
and pluralism, faith and science, and the problem of evil.
“Lakhani approaches the chaotic world with both compassion and sensitivity, but what
makes his writings so worthwhile is the fineness of his analyses…. When appropriate, it is
his custom to offer an opinion as to what the ‘cure’ for some problem or other might be. His
opinions are a combination of principles and commonsense, and always repay much ponder-
ing…. Following in the footsteps of the great, Mr. Lakhani takes no prisoners!”
—William Stoddart, author of Remembering in a World of Forgetting
“The essays gathered here come from the pen of someone … who is well aware of both the
difficulties of living in the modern world, and of the mercies and graces which are present in
every world and in every age. Rather than allowing himself to be dispirited by the difficul-
ties, Lakhani chooses instead to be uplifted by the mercies and to respond to the challenge
of living in the modern world by imaginatively and intelligently applying traditional princi-
ples to contemporary problems.”
—Reza Shah-Kazemi, author of Paths to Transcendence
“For well over a decade now Sacred Web: A Journal of Tradition and Modernity has stood as
the pre-eminent forum for the exploration of contemporary issues in the light of Tradition.
Like many other readers I always turn firstly, with pleasurable anticipation, to Lakhani’s per-
cipient editorials, which combine forensic rigor with stylistic elegance…. Now these small
but glittering gems are gathered together, along with several more extended essays and they
remind us that the messages of Tradition are ever new, immediately pertinent to both our
current circumstances and our ultimate destiny.”
—Harry Oldmeadow, La Trobe University Bendigo, and author of Frithjof Schuon and
the Perennial Philosophy
M. Ali Lakhani, a graduate of Cambridge University, is the founder and editor of the Tradition-
alist journal, Sacred Web. He is also the editor of The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam:
The Teachings of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib. He is a practicing barrister in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The Timeless Relevance of

om Foreword by Reza Shah-Kazemi

Part One: The Sacred Web Essays

Part Three: Book Reviews

Biographical Notes 295

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Section One: Traditional Metaphysics—

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Section Two: What is “Poetry”?

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Section Three: “Poiesis” and “Logos”

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Section Four: Poetic Vision—Seeing with

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Section Five: Poetic Expression—Saying the Unsayable

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Section Six: Conclusion

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After Prophecy: Imagination, Incarnation, and the Unity of the

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